So the latest from Hugo Chávez is that he added Oliver Stone to the list of useful idiots who applaud him. Who do we have on our side (referring to the field of the rule…
A group of Colombians is set to organize a global protest against Chávez, aptly named “No More Chávez.” This is the same group that successfully conducted a similar protest in 2008 called “No More FARC,”…
The Spanish newspaper El País reports that Noam Chomsky visited Caracas to witness how “Chávez is making another world possible.” Indeed. Hugo Chávez, if the world hasn’t realized it yet, is building a different, better…
I have to confront it: the struggle for The Guardian to acknowledge that it published false information about me and Angie Bray has been unsuccessful. However, I want to leave a public record of all…
The first time Hugo Chávez froze relations with Venezuela’s second-largest trading partner (meaning Colombia, in January 2005), was due to the capture of one of the FARC leaders, Rodrigo Granda, while he was attending a…
One of the reasons I’ve stopped regularly blogging about Venezuela is that I feel I’ve already shared everything that needed to be said. Whether it’s the falsehoods from Eva Golinger regarding tax status, credentials, or…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a private exhibition featuring the supreme Venezuelan op-art artist Carlos Cruz Diez. This meeting was even more meaningful to me because I had just submitted…
The surreal political landscape of South America cannot get any more absurd: a man who was caught leading a coup d’état in 1992 in Venezuela, namely, Hugo Chávez, appears on television today with the audacity…
This whole criticizing politicians thing feels eerily familiar. Venezuelans have been hearing this, literally nonstop, from our resident leader for the last 11 years. Antipolitics as a way to do politics is one of the…
In the presence of notable individuals sharing heartbreaking testimonies of survival, the resilience of human dignity, and strong character in conditions beyond hope at the Oslo Freedom Forum, I found myself thinking, “What could I…
We, the undersigned participants of the Oslo Freedom Forum, strongly condemn the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. We denounce the baseless charges brought against her by the Burmese military dictatorship, which has…
In light of the intimidation and harassment from several opposition figures in Venezuela, including Manuel Rosales, the newly elected mayor of Maracaibo, the Parliament expresses its “deep concern over the deterioration of the situation and…
The iconic image of Che Guevara, which adorns the walls and t-shirts of students worldwide, could be banned in Poland under a government proposal aimed at prohibiting materials that incite “fascism and totalitarian systems”.By Matthew…
It’s a good day when I see my views echoed, almost word for word, in a NYT editorial. Gone are the days when I would cringe after reading Juan Forero‘s coverage. Out with the microphone…
A few days ago, I met with a colleague and we took the train to Cambridge to visit Vladimir Bukovsky. One can read a lot about the atrocities committed in communist Russia, but nothing prepares…